Improvement in wool-oiling machinery for carding-engines



UNITED STAT-as PATENT OFFICE.

IVM. II. SALISBURY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDJESSE A. LOOKE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOOL-OILING MACHINERY FOR CARDING-ENGINES, (SIC.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,556, dated OctoberQ, 1566.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SALIsBURY, of Providence,in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Apparatus for Oiling Vool; and I hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecilication, in which- Figure l is a -perspective view of my improvedoiling apparatus as applied to the apron of a cardingmachine. Fig.2is atransverse vertical section through the same, and Fig. 3 is a centralvertical section through the bottom of the oilreservoir and partsconnected with it, enlarged.

Preparatory to the carding of wool it is necessary that oil he evenlydistributed through its iibers, in order to facilitate the drawing-outor carding operation.

To do away with the labor and inconvenience of sprinkling the oil byhand over the surface of thel wool, machinery of different kinds hasbeen employed, but its application has heretofore been attended withmore or less difiiculties.

An oiling apparatus in common use7 consisting of a pressure-rollersupplied with oil from a reservoir, by means of a brush which passesover a dipping-plate, as it rises from theoil-reservoir, isobjectionable, for the following reasons, viz: The pressure-roller withthe oil upon it, being uncovered and exposed, soon becomes so coatedwith card-Hyings7 as to cause thewool which is being fed under it toadhere to its surface and be carried up until the traveling brush comesagainst it and throws it down in a matted mass, which makes the feeddiiicult and irregular. The brush is also clogged with the card-tlyings,and becomes so hard as to be unable to retain the oil long enough to layit over the whole surface of the roller, the oil ruiming olf the endnext the reservoir onto the oor. The woolen waste or iiyings alsoaccumulate in the reservoir, and have to be removed frequently, whichoccasions aloss of time and waste of oil, and is, moreover, dangerouson/account of their highly-combustible properties.

The above lnentioned apparatus occupies considerable room, requires muchattention to regulate, and occasions a good deal of dirt, and, owing tothe traveling brush clogging and becoming hard, it wears away rapidly,and requires to be frequently replaced.

The object of my invention is to remove the above-mentioned ditculties;and it consists in an oil-reservoir which travels in guides extendingacross the apron of a carding-machine, and distributes a uniform supplyof oil to the wool thereon by means of a tube provided with cocks forregulating the supply of oil, which is prevented from thickening in lowtem peraturcs by passing steam through a pipe situated beneath it.

To enable others skilled in the art to nir derstand and use myinvention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carriedit out.

In. the said drawings the wool is placed upon the apron A, which is fedalong by the rolls B O, having their bearings in the framework of thecarding-engine, power being transmitted from the pulley D to the pulleyE on the end ot' the roll B. The apron A is provided on each side withguides F, which keep the wool in place while being fed through themachine.

Standards G arise from the framework and support the bar H, whichextends longitudinally across the apron and at a short dist-ance aboveit.

In the upper and lower surfaces of this bar H are out longitudinalgrooves a b, within which slides the traveling carriage I, bearing theoil-reservoir K. A short shaft having its bearings in the bar H carriesat one end a bevelwheel, L, and at its opposite end a sprocket-wheel, M,over which and another similar wheel, N, runs the chain c. Said chain issecured to the carriageI by means of alink, d, sliding' on an uprightrod, c, placed in an opening in the carriage.

The oil-reservoir K has a tubc, f, through which the oil drops onto thewool beneath it, and the tube is provided with two cocks, g L,

which regulate the supply of oil.

The upper cock, g, is adjusted by the overn seer in charge of lthecarding-room, while the lower cock, h, is opened and closed by theattendant on starting and stopping the machine.

The tube f projects up a short distance above the bottom ot'the-reservoir, so as to prevent the sediment in the oil from passingdown the tube; and to more eli'ectuall y obviate this tendency astrainer, t, is hinged to the bottom of the reservoir, and covers overthe top of the vtube f, leaving a short space between them.

A steam-pipe, 7c, passes longitudinally over the apron A, and liesdirectly under the path ofthe oil-reservoir K, and is Jfor the purposeof keeping the oil warm and tluid in cool weather.

Power being` applied to the carding-machine,

' motion is communicated from the Wheel O to the speed of the carriagebearing the reservoir be more rapid than that of the apron carryin g thewool, which may be accomplished by suitable gearing in a Well-knownmanner.

It is evident that the reservoir K may be traversed in any suitable pathfor oiling the Wool previous to its being carded, the tubef being ofsuch a length and form as to deliver the oil at the required point.

A pendulous oil-tank has heretofore been essayed. This I, of course, layno claim to, conning myself` to the 4traversing of the oil-reservoir,substantially in the manner and by the means which I have described.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is'- p 4 1. The steam-pipe k, in combination with the cil-reservoir K,substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. ln combination with the oil-reservoir K, the tubef, with itsregulatinglcocks g h, and strainer t', for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM H. SALISBURY.

Vituesses:

HERBERT F. BENT, A MAsA S. Wnsrco'rr.

